Romans 8:5 (NiV)  “Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.”

Either your ego or God’s Spirit can control your mind.  Your thoughts can be dominated with self interest,  or guided by the Word.  You can choose to live for selfish desires or live for God’s purposes.  You can seek self-advancement, or growth in the Spirit of our living God.  Though we are limited in our finite selves,  God’s Spirit is unlimited and empowers us, when we seek to live in harmony with His Spirit.  You have the living, breathing, empowering Spirit of God in you, children of God. The same Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, the same resurrection power that brings life from death, is giving you new life! Place your focus on the Spirit of God inside you.  Choose to live freely in and by His Holy Spirit. 

Romans 8:5 (MSG) “Those who trust God’s action in them find that God’s Spirit is in them—living and breathing God! Obsession with self in these matters is a dead end; attention to God leads us out into the open, into a spacious, free life.”

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